The Orbital Report

Space Force names GMTI program, taps Northrop Grumman as prime contractor for satellite surveillance.

SpaceX Falcon 9 landing team wins first Neil Armstrong Space Prize for revolutionary reusability technology.

SDA director pushes to preserve key authorities amid congressional elimination proposals.

NASA's LRO detects largest new lunar crater formed in decades; McGetchin impact reshapes surface dynamics.

SDA readies first Northrop Grumman Transport Layer launch for military space architecture.

US Space Force publicly confirms operational space weapons already deployed in orbit.

Starlink hits 99% market deployment; Starship Flight 14 targets first orbit.

SDA targets two more LEO constellation launches this year to accelerate military space domain awareness.

Djibouti joins Artemis Accords as 72nd signatory, expanding African commitment to sustainable space governance.

Space Inventor and Astroscale Japan partner on in-orbit servicing architecture for satellite life extension.

U.S. SDA pushes orbital network deployment back at least 12 months, signaling timeline challenges.

SDA delays orbital mesh network deployment past internal deadline, impacting military resilience goals.

Space Force grants SpaceX design flexibility on $2.3B satellite network contract.

SpaceX Starship launch critical for next-generation Starlink deployment and constellation expansion.

Viasat and Space42 commit $1B to Equatys shared satellite infrastructure venture targeting 2029 service launch.

Djibouti becomes eighth African Artemis Accords signatory, bolstering continental space governance.

U.S. Space Force deploys orbital weapons systems in historic first deployment.

Starlink executed 207,000+ avoidance maneuvers in six months, revealing acute collision hazard scale.

LeoLabs commercializes mobile radar for allied nations, expanding global SSA infrastructure.

SpaceX targets Starlink V3 launch via Starship with 100x bandwidth improvement.